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He was shot twice in the collarbone, right above his bulletproof vest.

Authorities say this all happened in Tampico around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Deputies received a call about a suspicious person under the highway 39 bridge on the Grassy Fork River.

The deputy arrived and attempted to confront a man, and that’s when police say a second man shot the deputy twice.

He returned fire, shooting one of the suspects in the arm.

“He was following protocol, he was engaging the first individual and knew there was a problem and called for backup and luckily he got help a lot quicker,” said Sheriff Mike Carothers with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

The deputy was taken to a hospital in Indianapolis and is expected to be OK.